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Prior to being levelled around 1811 it was located near the current intersection of Mott and Grand Streets. New York City, which then extended to a stockade which ran approximately north–southeast from today's Chambers Street and Broadway, is visible beyond the southern shore. In 1664, the English took over New Amsterdam and the colony.
New York City Black Pride is held annually in August. [161] New York City's Latino Pride Center was established in June 2013 as the first Latino organization in the U.S. fully devoted to providing health and human services to the Latino gay community. [162]
The mayor of New York City is the chief executive of the Government of New York City, as stipulated by New York City's charter.The current officeholder, the 110th in the sequence of regular mayors, is Eric Adams, a member of the Democratic Party.
The New York Red Bulls (MLS founding franchise originally named the "New York/New Jersey MetroStars")–who have also always played in New Jersey–were the only major professional soccer team representing the metropolitan area during their first 19 seasons, and the region's second MLS club, New York City FC, deliberately staked its identity to ...
The Hole is a small neighborhood in New York City on the border between Brooklyn and Queens. [1] It is a low-lying area, with a ground level that is 30 feet (9.1 m) lower than the surrounding area. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The area is run-down, and suffers from frequent flooding. [ 4 ]
The New York City metropolitan area is home to the largest population of Dominican ancestry in the United States, and as of 2023 Dominicans were the largest Hispanic group in the city, as well as the largest self-identified ethnic group in Manhattan. New York City is also home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel. [10]
NYPD taping off One Grand Central Place during the early afternoon of March 3, 2020, in response to New York's first confirmed case of COVID-19 person-to-person spread New York City Subway passengers on March 9, when there were 16 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in New York City, with NYC Transit Interim President Sarah Feinberg on the right
Green posed on the steps of City Hall with Hasidic Jewish leaders, and issued a statement, saying that "leaders from the Satmar Congregations of New York City, the largest of the three major Hasidic groups in the city with some 100,000 followers" supported his mayoral campaign.